Rein-line holder



May 21, 1929. 1.. J. QIETRICH REIN LINE HOLDER Filed March 17, 1926- L50 J. DIEIRICH IN VEN TOR.

latented May 21, 1929.

UNITED STATES LEO J. DIETRICI-I, F HEISLER, ALBERTA, CANADA.

REIN-LINE HOLDER.

Application filed March 17, 1926'.

My present invention relates to improvements in rein holding devices, its principal object being to provide a simple and durable device of this character to or from which one may quickly attach or disconnect reins.

A further characteristic of my invention is that the rein holding device is constructed in such a manner that the harder the animals pull on the reins, the tighter the locking effect becomes, thus obliterating the possibility of accidental disconnection due to a draft animal. throwing forward its head or other-- wise exerting considerable pulling fo r ce on the reins.

This peculiar rein gripping action is effected in a very simple manner by the provision of a bracket having a curved upper end, over which the curved end of a clevis hinged to said bracket swings and grips the reins bctween the same and the curved end of the bracket. The disposition of the clevis and the contour of the bracket is such that a peculiar wedging action is set up when the reins are pulled, due to the frictional contact of the reins with the clevis, the pulling force of which tends to bind the clevis against the reins which bear upon the bracket in direct proportion to the pulling force exerted upon the reins, to obliterate the possibility of a draft animal jerking the reins from the hold ing device.

Fig. 1 is a side View of my invention in released position and Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the device in rein gripping position.

Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the two views.

The device includes a bracket 3 havinga forwardly curved portion 4t, against which the re ns indicated at A are locked by rein gripping clevis 5 which. is hinged to the twist ed portion 6 of the bracket by the pin 7. The end 8 of the clevis is flat to bear properly against the twisted portion 6 of the bracket 3.

The upper surface of the curved portion t Serial No. 95,493.

of the bracket 3 lies in a plane designated by the line o-b. The curved upper end 10 of the clevis 5 moves about its hinge point e in a plane indicated by the line ccZ, which intersects the line aZ) at 7, which is the rein gripping point. Due to the frictional contact of the reins A with the curved end 10 of the clevis, when pulled in the direction indicated by the arrow B, the clevis is also pulled forward, and due to the plane in which the curved end 10 thereof travels with respect to the upper surface of the curved portion a of the bracket 3, as above referred to, a wedging action is set up, in proportion to the pulling force exerted upon the reins A, which firmly binds the clevis 5 against said reins and p0sitively prevents slipping of the latter.

To release the reins A, it is merely necessary to swing the clevis back as shown in Fig. 1.

The device may be mounted upon any convenient part of a vehicle, such as a Wagon box. 9 indicates a support, for the purpose ofillustration.

Minor changes may be resorted to in the commercialization of my invention, but

What I claim as new is A rein holder comprising a bracket formed of strap metal; the upper free end of said bracket being curved forwardly; a gripping member embodying a rod having its free end bent U-shaped and its other end pivotally connected to said bracket at a point intermediate the ends thereof whereby the free end of said gripping member may be swung in a plane intersecting the curvature of the free end of said bracket; the free end of said bracket adapted to bend as the free end of said gripping member is moved to normal gripping position; the free end of said bracket tensioning against reins interposed in the U- shaped free end of said gripping member when in said position.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature.

LEO J. DIETRIGH. 

